A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a relative in North-West Delhi’s Bhalswa Dairy area on Saturday. Police said the accused was arrested on Sunday.
According to a senior police official, the incident took place when the girl was playing with her friends, including the children of the 30-year-old accused, who is also her distant relative.
The man, who stays close to the victim’s house, called and took her to a nearby place and allegedly raped her behind bushes, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West) Vijay Singh said.
Police said when the girl came back home, she told her parents about being allegedly sexually assaulted by the relative from her mother’s side whom she used to call ‘mamu’.
The parents then approached police and a case was registered at Bhalswa Dairy police station late night under Section 376 (rape) of Indian Penal Code and the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
When police went to the man’s house, he was not present there. He was arrested from a forest area in Bhalswa Dairy, police said.